diff -up openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c.regression openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c
--- openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c.regression	2019-02-26 15:15:30.000000000 +0100
+++ openssl-1.1.1b/crypto/conf/conf_lib.c	2019-05-10 14:28:57.718049429 +0200
@@ -356,8 +356,10 @@ OPENSSL_INIT_SETTINGS *OPENSSL_INIT_new(
 {
     OPENSSL_INIT_SETTINGS *ret = malloc(sizeof(*ret));
 
-    if (ret != NULL)
-        memset(ret, 0, sizeof(*ret));
+    if (ret == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(*ret));
     ret->flags = DEFAULT_CONF_MFLAGS;
 
     return ret;